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49 team knockout fixture

49 teams: 15 byes, 34 teams play Round I, 48 matches over 6 rounds.

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Knockout fixture — 49 teams · 15 byes · 48 matches · 6 rounds

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Knockout fixture, 49 teams — upper half15 byes. 25 teams in the upper half, 24 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalUPPER HALFTeam 1BYETeam 2BYETeam 3BYETeam 4BYETeam 5Team 6Team 7Team 8Team 9Team 10Team 11Team 12Team 13Team 14Team 15Team 16Team 17Team 18Team 19Team 20Team 21Team 22Team 23BYETeam 24BYETeam 25BYETeam 1Team 2Team 3Team 4Team 23Team 24Team 25123456789181920212223242534353637424346Final: Match 48
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
Knockout fixture, 49 teams — lower half15 byes. 25 teams in the upper half, 24 in the lower half.Round IRound IIRound IIIRound IVSemi-finalFinalLOWER HALFTeam 26BYETeam 27BYETeam 28BYETeam 29BYETeam 30Team 31Team 32Team 33Team 34Team 35Team 36Team 37Team 38Team 39Team 40Team 41Team 42Team 43Team 44Team 45Team 46BYETeam 47BYETeam 48BYETeam 49BYETeam 26Team 27Team 28Team 29Team 46Team 47Team 48Team 491011121314151617262728293031323338394041444547Final: Match 48
BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
49 teams: 15 byes, 48 matches, 6 rounds.
Total byes
15
teams that do not play Round 1
Byes in each half
Upper 7Lower 8
Teams in each half
Upper 25Lower 24
Total matches
48
not including a third-place match
Total rounds
6
worked out from the textbook illustrations
Byes go to teams
1, 2, 3, 4, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 46, 47, 48, 49
in serial order; the order the byes are given is in the steps below

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BYE = no match in Round I. Numbers in circles are match numbers.
Match list (text)

Round I

  1. Team 1 gets a bye
  2. Team 2 gets a bye
  3. Team 3 gets a bye
  4. Team 4 gets a bye
  5. Match 1: Team 5 vs Team 6
  6. Match 2: Team 7 vs Team 8
  7. Match 3: Team 9 vs Team 10
  8. Match 4: Team 11 vs Team 12
  9. Match 5: Team 13 vs Team 14
  10. Match 6: Team 15 vs Team 16
  11. Match 7: Team 17 vs Team 18
  12. Match 8: Team 19 vs Team 20
  13. Match 9: Team 21 vs Team 22
  14. Team 23 gets a bye
  15. Team 24 gets a bye
  16. Team 25 gets a bye
  17. Team 26 gets a bye
  18. Team 27 gets a bye
  19. Team 28 gets a bye
  20. Team 29 gets a bye
  21. Match 10: Team 30 vs Team 31
  22. Match 11: Team 32 vs Team 33
  23. Match 12: Team 34 vs Team 35
  24. Match 13: Team 36 vs Team 37
  25. Match 14: Team 38 vs Team 39
  26. Match 15: Team 40 vs Team 41
  27. Match 16: Team 42 vs Team 43
  28. Match 17: Team 44 vs Team 45
  29. Team 46 gets a bye
  30. Team 47 gets a bye
  31. Team 48 gets a bye
  32. Team 49 gets a bye

Round II

  1. Match 18: Team 1 vs Team 2
  2. Match 19: Team 3 vs Team 4
  3. Match 20: Winner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2
  4. Match 21: Winner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4
  5. Match 22: Winner of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 6
  6. Match 23: Winner of Match 7 vs Winner of Match 8
  7. Match 24: Winner of Match 9 vs Team 23
  8. Match 25: Team 24 vs Team 25
  9. Match 26: Team 26 vs Team 27
  10. Match 27: Team 28 vs Team 29
  11. Match 28: Winner of Match 10 vs Winner of Match 11
  12. Match 29: Winner of Match 12 vs Winner of Match 13
  13. Match 30: Winner of Match 14 vs Winner of Match 15
  14. Match 31: Winner of Match 16 vs Winner of Match 17
  15. Match 32: Team 46 vs Team 47
  16. Match 33: Team 48 vs Team 49

Round III

  1. Match 34: Winner of Match 18 vs Winner of Match 19
  2. Match 35: Winner of Match 20 vs Winner of Match 21
  3. Match 36: Winner of Match 22 vs Winner of Match 23
  4. Match 37: Winner of Match 24 vs Winner of Match 25
  5. Match 38: Winner of Match 26 vs Winner of Match 27
  6. Match 39: Winner of Match 28 vs Winner of Match 29
  7. Match 40: Winner of Match 30 vs Winner of Match 31
  8. Match 41: Winner of Match 32 vs Winner of Match 33

Round IV

  1. Match 42: Winner of Match 34 vs Winner of Match 35
  2. Match 43: Winner of Match 36 vs Winner of Match 37
  3. Match 44: Winner of Match 38 vs Winner of Match 39
  4. Match 45: Winner of Match 40 vs Winner of Match 41

Semi-final

  1. Match 46: Winner of Match 42 vs Winner of Match 43
  2. Match 47: Winner of Match 44 vs Winner of Match 45

Final

  1. Match 48: Winner of Match 46 vs Winner of Match 47

Match list

Knockout fixture — 49 teams
Match no.RoundMatchDateTimeVenue
1Round ITeam 5 vs Team 6
2Round ITeam 7 vs Team 8
3Round ITeam 9 vs Team 10
4Round ITeam 11 vs Team 12
5Round ITeam 13 vs Team 14
6Round ITeam 15 vs Team 16
7Round ITeam 17 vs Team 18
8Round ITeam 19 vs Team 20
9Round ITeam 21 vs Team 22
10Round ITeam 30 vs Team 31
11Round ITeam 32 vs Team 33
12Round ITeam 34 vs Team 35
13Round ITeam 36 vs Team 37
14Round ITeam 38 vs Team 39
15Round ITeam 40 vs Team 41
16Round ITeam 42 vs Team 43
17Round ITeam 44 vs Team 45
18Round IITeam 1 vs Team 2
19Round IITeam 3 vs Team 4
20Round IIWinner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2
21Round IIWinner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4
22Round IIWinner of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 6
23Round IIWinner of Match 7 vs Winner of Match 8
24Round IIWinner of Match 9 vs Team 23
25Round IITeam 24 vs Team 25
26Round IITeam 26 vs Team 27
27Round IITeam 28 vs Team 29
28Round IIWinner of Match 10 vs Winner of Match 11
29Round IIWinner of Match 12 vs Winner of Match 13
30Round IIWinner of Match 14 vs Winner of Match 15
31Round IIWinner of Match 16 vs Winner of Match 17
32Round IITeam 46 vs Team 47
33Round IITeam 48 vs Team 49
34Round IIIWinner of Match 18 vs Winner of Match 19
35Round IIIWinner of Match 20 vs Winner of Match 21
36Round IIIWinner of Match 22 vs Winner of Match 23
37Round IIIWinner of Match 24 vs Winner of Match 25
38Round IIIWinner of Match 26 vs Winner of Match 27
39Round IIIWinner of Match 28 vs Winner of Match 29
40Round IIIWinner of Match 30 vs Winner of Match 31
41Round IIIWinner of Match 32 vs Winner of Match 33
42Round IVWinner of Match 34 vs Winner of Match 35
43Round IVWinner of Match 36 vs Winner of Match 37
44Round IVWinner of Match 38 vs Winner of Match 39
45Round IVWinner of Match 40 vs Winner of Match 41
46Semi-finalWinner of Match 42 vs Winner of Match 43
47Semi-finalWinner of Match 44 vs Winner of Match 45
48FinalWinner of Match 46 vs Winner of Match 47

Byes (no match in Round I): Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, Team 4, Team 23, Team 24, Team 25, Team 26, Team 27, Team 28, Team 29, Team 46, Team 47, Team 48, Team 49. Total matches = 48.

How this was calculated

  1. Total Number of Matches = Number of teams − 1 (not including third place match)

    Total Number of Matches = 49 − 1

    = 48

  2. (Number of teams + 1) ÷ 2 = Teams in Upper Half

    (49 + 1) ÷ 2

    = 25

  3. (Number of teams − 1) ÷ 2 = Teams in Lower Half

    (49 − 1) ÷ 2

    = 24

  4. Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams participating

    Byes = 64 − 49

    = 15

  5. Upper Half = (Byes − 1) ÷ 2

    Upper Half = (15 − 1) ÷ 2

    = 7

  6. Lower Half = (Byes + 1) ÷ 2

    Lower Half = (15 + 1) ÷ 2

    = 8

  7. First bye to last team of Lower Half, second to first team of Upper Half, third to first team of Lower Half, fourth to last team of Upper Half; same pattern for remaining byes

    Byes in order go to teams 49, 1, 26, 25, 48, 2, 27, 24, 47, 3, 28, 23, 46, 4, 29

    = 49, 1, 26, 25, 48, 2, 27, 24, 47, 3, 28, 23, 46, 4, 29

  8. Rounds = number of times 2 is multiplied to get the next power of 2

    64 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2

    = 6

    Note: Not a textbook formula — worked out from the textbook illustrations (4 teams → 2 rounds, 8 → 3, 11 → 4)

SourceCBSE Physical Education Class XII, Unit 1 (PDF)

How the 49 team fixture is drawn

Upper half and lower half

49 is odd, so the upper half gets (49 + 1) ÷ 2 = 25 teams (Teams 1–25) and the lower half gets (49 − 1) ÷ 2 = 24 teams (Teams 26–49).

Byes

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 49 = 15. 15 is odd, so the upper half gets (15 − 1) ÷ 2 = 7 byes and the lower half gets (15 + 1) ÷ 2 = 8 byes.

Which teams get the byes, and why

The textbook places byes in this order: the 1st bye to the last team of the lower half, the 2nd to the first team of the upper half, the 3rd to the first team of the lower half and the 4th to the last team of the upper half. The remaining byes follow the same pattern, moving inward. For 49 teams:

  1. Team 49 — last team of the lower half
  2. Team 1 — first team of the upper half
  3. Team 26 — first team of the lower half
  4. Team 25 — last team of the upper half
  5. Team 48 — 2nd-last team of the lower half
  6. Team 2 — 2nd team of the upper half
  7. Team 27 — 2nd team of the lower half
  8. Team 24 — 2nd-last team of the upper half
  9. Team 47 — 3rd-last team of the lower half
  10. Team 3 — 3rd team of the upper half
  11. Team 28 — 3rd team of the lower half
  12. Team 23 — 3rd-last team of the upper half
  13. Team 46 — 4th-last team of the lower half
  14. Team 4 — 4th team of the upper half
  15. Team 29 — 4th team of the lower half

Teams with a bye do not play Round I. They go straight to Round II.

Round I and total matches

49 − 15 = 34 teams play Round I in 17 matches:

  • Match 1: Team 5 vs Team 6
  • Match 2: Team 7 vs Team 8
  • Match 3: Team 9 vs Team 10
  • Match 4: Team 11 vs Team 12
  • Match 5: Team 13 vs Team 14
  • Match 6: Team 15 vs Team 16
  • Match 7: Team 17 vs Team 18
  • Match 8: Team 19 vs Team 20
  • Match 9: Team 21 vs Team 22
  • Match 10: Team 30 vs Team 31
  • Match 11: Team 32 vs Team 33
  • Match 12: Team 34 vs Team 35
  • Match 13: Team 36 vs Team 37
  • Match 14: Team 38 vs Team 39
  • Match 15: Team 40 vs Team 41
  • Match 16: Team 42 vs Team 43
  • Match 17: Team 44 vs Team 45

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 49 − 1 = 48 (not including a third-place match). There are 6 rounds, because 64 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 — worked out from the textbook illustrations, not a textbook formula.

Print or save as PDF

Tap “Print fixture (A4)” and choose “Save as PDF” as the printer to get a 49 team knockout fixture PDF. The bracket prints on 2 A4 pages (upper half, then lower half) in portrait.

Questions

How many byes are there in a 49 team knockout fixture?

Byes = next power of 2 − number of teams = 64 − 49 = 15. 15 is odd, so the upper half gets (15 − 1) ÷ 2 = 7 byes and the lower half gets (15 + 1) ÷ 2 = 8 byes. The byes go, in order, to teams 49, 1, 26, 25, 48, 2, 27, 24, 47, 3, 28, 23, 46, 4 and 29. These teams do not play Round I and go straight to Round II.

How many matches and rounds are there for 49 teams?

Total number of matches = number of teams − 1 = 49 − 1 = 48, not including a third-place match. There are 6 rounds, because 64 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 (worked out from the textbook illustrations, not a textbook formula).

How are 49 teams divided into the upper and lower half?

49 is odd, so the upper half gets (49 + 1) ÷ 2 = 25 teams (Teams 1–25) and the lower half gets (49 − 1) ÷ 2 = 24 teams (Teams 26–49).

Can I print the 49 team knockout fixture or save it as a PDF?

Yes. Tap “Print fixture (A4)” and choose “Save as PDF” as the printer to get a 49 team knockout fixture PDF. The bracket prints on 2 A4 pages (upper half, then lower half) in portrait.